Welcome!
Hello everyone, welcome to our 11th annual sale! What a year it has been for the cattle industry. Record high prices that seem to keep holding! As cattle producers, we know we always need to be thinking conservatively, but it feels great to be optimistic!
We are located in west-central Minnesota just on the east side of the South Dakota border. We currently operate a Hereford and SimAngus cowherd of 100 females at our west farm location. We graze low bottoms or high rocky ridges that are unable to be farmed. We also graze cornstalks or cover crop in the fall. At our east farm, we also custom background about 220 calves at a time.
At JMF, we have always kept the maternal factor in mind while making our breeding decisions. Maternal matters! We have NEVER entertained trimming feet on a cow to keep her in the herd. Udders need to be problem free. The cow herself needs to survive off what is put in front of her. Often times, it is low quality grass hay or corn stalks, silage for energy, and modified distillers to fill in the cracks.
As our focus on maternal stays steady, our emphasis on efficiency and performance holds strong as well. By using a Hereford, SimAngus or SimFord bull, you are taking full advantage of one of the best ways to implant heterosis. We expect our product to create value for the folks that buy the bulls and in turn, show profit on their bottom line.
A “norm” that I have come to terms with is how crazy life has been these last few years. As the kids have gotten older, they have become great help and a vital part of keeping our everyday operation going. I want to give a big THANK YOU to all of them for how hard they work and how much they love this way of life.
I’ve come to a conclusion that we have two passions: raising the best seedstock we can and raising our kids. You will get introduced to them on sale day but watch for them in our pre-sale video to get a true grasp of what they can really do. Also, a special and sincere thank you goes out to my wife, Makayla! She works harder than all of us and keeps us all on track.
In closing, I’d like to say we are confident that any bull on this sale could go into your program and add value. We look forward to the privilege of working with you.
Contact us any time with questions, we love to talk cattle!
See you on Sale Day!
- Jared Flower and the JMF crew
Bull Sale
1:00 PM CST FEBRUARY 1, 2025
At the West Farm, Holloway, MN Dinner at Noon, Sale at 1:00 p.m. (CST)
In the event of bad weather, postponement date is Saturday, February 8, 2025. Postponement information will be available at www.JMFHerefords.com prior to 8:00 a.m. on February 1st
Please call with questions.
SALE CONTACTS
Jared Flower ............................................................................ 320-413-0483
Makayla Flower ....................................................................... 605-690-6050
John Naig ................................................................................. 320-760-6963
Eric Zeltwanter ......................................................................... 320-766-0066
Josh Gades, nutritionist ............................................................ 320-287-1707
AUCTIONEER
Brad Feuchtenberger, Zielsdorf Auction Service ..................... 320-287-0501
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Terms of the sale are cash. All lots are to be paid in full at the conclusion of the sale. Absentee buyers are to pay within 2 weeks of the sale.
WINTERING, BULL DEVELOPMENT, AND INSURANCE
JMF would like to develop the yearling bulls until April 1, 2025 at no charge. By April 1st, they will have their semen exam, receive pre-breeding vaccinations, and be ready for pickup or delivery. We do ask that you take possession of your bull(s) at this time. After April 1st, yardage will be charged at $5/head/ day. 18-month-old and 2-year-old bulls have already passed their semen exam and we ask that you take possession of these bulls sale day or as soon as possible. Cattle left at JMF will be at buyers risk immediately following the sale. We strongly encourage buyers to purchase a mortality insurance policy for any animal(s) left to be wintered. Please let us know if you need a contact for insurance and we would be happy to assist you with that.
DIRECTIONS
Located 4 miles north of Holloway, MN on Highway 59, turn west on County Road 56. JMF West Farm is the first place on the north.
GUARANTEE
All yearling bulls will have passed a breeding soundness exam prior to pickup or delivery on or after April 1, 2025. 18-month-old and 2-year-old bulls have passed a breeding soundness exam prior to the sale. In addition to the standard Terms and Conditions of the American Hereford Association and American Simmental Association, we will provide the first breeding season (the 90-day period immediately following turnout) guarantee on all bulls. This guarantee is not an insurance or mortality policy, but a guarantee on functional fertility. It is not a substitute or replacement for poor management. Buyer assumes all risks for injury due to running bulls together or management decisions outside genetic control. For the guarantee to apply, we ask that you contact us as soon as a condition is observed and before the animal is sold. We will work with you to determine whether the animal is returned or sold for slaughter. We will attempt to provide a suitable replacement. If one cannot be provided of equal or greater value, we will issue a sale credit to be used in a future sale for the full purchase price less the salvage value of the animal.
SALE FORMAT AND BASE PRICES
Again this year, we will be having a live auction with an auctioneer. Base prices for all bulls are at $3,500. All lots are to be paid in full at the conclusion of the sale.
DVAUCTION
NEW! We would enjoy having you join us on sale day, but if you cannot, we now offer you the convenience of bidding and buying from home. See page 13 if online bididng is new to you and you’re looking for more information.
VIDEOS
Videos on the sale offering are available on our website and DVAuction: www.JMFHerefords.com and www.DVAuction.com
SEMEN INTEREST
JMF will be retaining a 1/3 semen interest on all bulls selling for in-herd use only. The buyer receives 100% of the salvage value.
CANDIDATE FOR HEIFERS
JMF Herefords and SimAngus is calling certain individuals as a “candidate for heifers.” This means we have evaluated, to our best ability, to select bulls that we feel you will have the least amount of trouble and the most amount of success in breeding your heifers. However, this is not a guarantee you will never pull a calf out of these bulls or never have trouble. Know your operation and know your cattle while selecting bulls.
ABSENTEE BIDDING
If internet bidding is not suitable for you, please make arrangements to bid over the phone. Call Jared or Makayla to get lined up.
DELIVERY
Free delivery on all bulls within a 200-mile radius of the sale. In the event you have a further distance to travel, we will assist in the coordination of your animals’ delivery.
FURTHER CONTACT INFORMATION
West Farm Address: 1630 10th Street NW, Holloway, MN 56249
Email: jmflower.11@hotmail.com Website: www.JMFHerefords.com
PLEASE NOTE
All persons who attend the sale do so at their own risk. Owners assume no liability, legal or otherwise, for accidents or loss of property that may occur.
All announcements made sale day take precedence over the printed catalog.
Candidate for HEIFERS
Reference Sires
HICKOK 15X x FHF 9116 POLLY 66Z
Mesa has been our choice to push on with the Hickok influence. His progeny are soft made, and very functional. Mesa is admired for his foot structure and length.
THR THOR 4029 x FHF 10H VICTRA 31S
Foundation sire. Hickok has been one of the most influential bulls we have had the privilege to own. With his tremendous amount of guts and power, he has made a huge impact on the JMF program.
A.I. sire we have gravitated towards for the combination of phenotype, performance, and carcass quality. MESA 612D
TH 122 71I VICTOR 719T x RANGELINE 327X VICTORIA 750B
Foundation sire. We can’t say enough about Cowman! His bulls have been very sought after by our customers. The daughters are highly productive in the JMF cowherd.
COWMAN 735D x JMF 15X LADY CALAMITY 517C
A bull we are very fond of in terms of softness, maternal, and fleshing ability. We are very excited to see what the future holds for Red River. His grandam, 94T, who was one of our main foundation females, ended her career at 16 years of age.
HOOK’S XAVIER x HOOK’S QUEST
Moderate framed, thick muscled bull by 924G. The maternal side is from the 121A cow family. Heavy milking, deep ribbed cows that work hard and bring in big calves.
Calving ease, maternal bull that we have used on our heifers and have gotten along very well him making good cows.
DAYBREAK SON
HEREFORD YEARLING
PYRAMID HISTORIC 0179 ET FHF D287 LADY 163G JMF 0179 HISTORIC 163G 264K TH RANGELINE 719T VICTOR 735D JMF 35D COWGIRL 713E 910G JMF 15X CALAMITY 1210 713E
427M - POLLED
Sire: Scurred
Dam: Polled, age 5, weight 1235
Top 2% Calving Ease, 5% Birth Weight, 6% Maternal Calving Ease, 9% Udder, 13% Teat, 28% Marbling
Historian was the high selling bull in our 2024 sale. He’s a combination of calving ease along with performance. We calved out a dozen heifers in our fall program out of him on pasture and were all unassisted. His calves are consertively marked, deep, and long. 427M’s mother displays a beautiful udder with level, short teats. 427M’s grandmother is a rock-solid Hickok 15X daughter. 427M is a bull you can use on heifers, make sweet moderate females, and maintain performance.
910G, mother of 427M, as a first calf heifer in 2020
grandam of 427M
426M - POLLED SCURRED **TWIN
Sire: Scurred
Dam: Polled, age 7, weight 1195
Top 8% Calving Ease, 10% Birth Weight, 7% MIlk, 21% MIlk & Growth, 2% Maternal Calving Ease, 14% Ribeye, 29% CHB
Maternal brother to Garth 237K, a homozygous polled son of Red River we are using in our program.
sire: dam:
422M - SCURRED
Sire: Scurred
PYRAMID HISTORIC 0179 ET
JMF 0179 HISTORIC 163G 264K
FHF D287 LADY 163G
FHF 9279 DEADWOOD 38Y
FHF 38Y VICTRA 155E
FHF 15X VICTRA 139A
Dam: Polled, age 7, weight 1220, WW ratio 103.5 on 6 calves
Top 35% Calving Ease, 30% Birth Weight, 16% Milk, 13% Maternal Calving Ease, 15% Ribeye
We call this guy “Butch.” I wish they all had the design and shape of Butch from a commercial man’s perspective. He’s so loose-hided, deep, and really thick! They will love his baldies at the sale barn!
144E, dam of 426M
Garth 237K, maternal brother to 426M, sold in our 2023 bull sale
155E, mother to 422M, nursing him this past spring
241K, maternal brother to 422M, sold on our 2023 bull sale
JMF H086 HOUSTON 912G 3100L
719T VICTOR 735D
3027 POLLY 406B
3100L - TESTED HOMOZYGOUS POLLED
Sire: Homozygous polled
Dam: Polled, age 5, weight 1145
Top 7% Calving Ease, 9% Birth Weight, 4% Milk, 8% Milk & Growth, 9% Udder, 4% Teat, 3% Carcass Weight, 10% Ribeye, 8% Marbling, 1% Baldie Maternal Index, and 2% CHB
- A 2025 sale standout! He combines phenotype with a very balanced EPD profile. Long and attractive, cherry red with no feather neck. His maternal brother, “Cash,” was our second high-seller in our 2022 sale. We bought him back from B3 Cattle Company and are using him on heifers.
- POLLED
Sire: Homozygous polled Dam: Polled, age 3, weight 1285
Sire:
JMF 15X FARADAY 718E JMF 718E POLLY’S CLOVER 901G CKP CASHMERE 4053
3106L - POLLED
Sire: Polled
Dam: Polled, age 5, weight 1355, WW ratio 108 on 4 calves
Top 31% Calving Ease, 9% Birth Weight, 20% Milk, 16% Scrotal, 13% Teat, 27% Udder, 34% Baldie Maternal Index
If one is to gravitate towards making females, this is a bull I’d have on my short list. His mother does a first class job. High-end maternal in 3106L. JMF 35D COWBOY 148A 924G JMF 612D MISS LILY 121A 939G JMF 924G CATTLEMAN 939G 111J
of 406M, nursing him this past summer
Clover 901G, dam of 3106L
130J, maternal brother to 3106L, high seller on our 2022 bull sale
Fall calving on pasture
JMF 111J DROVER 4053 399L
JMF 35D COWBOY 148A 924G
sire:
JMF 924G CATTLEMAN 939G 111J
JMF 612D MISS LILY 121A 939G
GLENLEES 50S RINGER 68Y CKP CASHMERE 4053
HERITAGE CASHMERE 11157
396L - SCURRED
Sire: Polled
Dam: Polled, age 3, weight 1180, WW ratio 108 on 2 calves
Top 13% Calving Ease, 8% Birth Weight
Herd bull baldy maker!
399L - POLLED
Sire: Polled
Dam: Polled, age 10, weight 1565, WW ratio 104 on 9 calves
Top 16% Scrotal, 13% Teat, 27% Udder
We apologize for this novice picture - the 4053 sons are some of the hardest for us to picture but we sure love the kind like 399L. He is super long and thick made. This cow family is one of our quietest, easy going cow families we have. We feel his progeny will have big carcass weights. The folks that have purchased his maternal brothers in the past have been very complementary of them.
Tayton at the fair with his bred and owned 4-H Market Steer
JMF 019H RED RIVER 160J L377
L377 - POLLED
Sire: Homozygous polled
Dam: Polled, age 3, weight 1240
Top 1% Calving Ease, 2% Birth Weight, 7% Maternal Calving Ease, 9% Udder, 13% Teat, 26% Marbling
Very moderate framed heifer bull that shouldn’t ever get too big to breed heifers.
JMF 2101 STETSON 517C L381
L381 - POLLED
Sire: Polled
Dam: Polled, age 9, weight 1295
Super long, thick bull that is a maternal brother to Red River 019H.
JMF Red River 019H, maternal brother to L381
129J, maternal brother to L381, sold on our 2022 bull sale
103C, maternal grandam of L377
The kids watching the new feedlot cattle unload
JMF 35D COWBOY J166 L382
TH RANGELINE 719T VICTOR 735D
RANGELINE 327X VICTORIA 750B
JMF 15X MESA 612D JMF 612D MISS LILY 123A J166
RANGELINE 36W MISS TUNDRA 823A
L382 - POLLED
Sire: Homozygous polled
Dam: Polled, age 3, weight 1040
Deep, thick, powerful Cowman son. This will be the last chance to grab onto a Cowman - he himself paid a lot of bills when he was in production. TH 122 71I VICTOR 719T
We snuck out to the Black Hills for a couple days and had a blast!
JMF 019H RED RIVER 203B L383
sire:
TH RANGELINE 719T VICTOR 735D
JMF 35D COWBOY 517C 019H
JMF 15X LADY CALAMITY 517C
NJW 98S R117 RIBEYE 88X ET
FHF 88X VICTRA 203B ET
FHF 10H VICTRA 31S
L383 - POLLED
Sire: Homozygous polled
Dam: Polled, age 8, weight 1350
Top 5% Calving Ease, 4% Birth Weight, 16% Milk, 8% Maternal Calving Ease
High-end maternal bull that you can use on heifers. His mother is a maternal sister to Hickok 15X - our most proven foundation sire. He has a maternal sister by Homegrown and is phenotypically what you would want in every commercial man cow. Moderate, super easy fleshing, nice udder and high performing.
Jaelyn enjoyed a few horse shows last summer
HEREFORD 2-YEAR-OLDS
JMF 612D MESA 824F 358L
sire:
dam:
JMF 15X MESA 612D
FHF 9116 POLLY 66Z
TH RANGELINE 719T VICTOR 735D
JMF 35D COWGIRL 148A 824F
FHF 15X JUDI 148A
358L - TESTED HOMOZYGOUS POLLED
Sire: Homozygous polled
Dam: Polled, age 6, weight 1225
Top 4% Calving Ease, 4% Birth Weight, 10% Maternal Calving Ease, 27% Udder, 13% Teat, 21% Marbling
You can appreciate this bull for his overall design. Long, thick, moderate, attractive-made bull you can use on heifers. The Mesa’s are well respected for udder quality, mothering ability, and raising big calves. He has a full brother, 255K, working for Colin Hoffman in Leola, SD.
JMF 612D MESA 109E 373L
FHF 4029 HICKOK 15X
JMF 15X MESA 612D
FHF 9116 POLLY 66Z
FHF 9116 VICTRA 104C sire:
SLEEPY 88X RIBEYE 528 ET
FHF 528 VICTRA 109E
373L - POLLED
Sire: Homozygous polled
Dam: Polled, age 7, weight 1250
Top 3% Calving Ease, 4% Birth Weight, 10% Maternal Calving Ease, 2% Udder, 4% Teat, 21% Marbling, 27% Baldie Maternal Index
Sleep easy, heifer bull deluxe! Red-eyed and the right size.
255K, maternal brother to 358L, sold on our 2023 bull sale
148A, maternal grandam of 358L
JMF Mesa 612D, homozygous polled sire of 358L and 373L
COWBOY
- POLLED
Sire: Homozygous polled
Dam: Polled, age 5, weight 1185
3% Calving Ease, 4% Birth Weight
We used a maternal brother to 345L, Cattleman 111J, who is
396L, 3106L, 346L, and 399L.
sire to
DROVER 152E
Sire: Polled Dam: Polled, age 7, weight 1320
24% Calving Ease, 18% Birth Weight, 25% Baldie Maternal Index
Cattleman 111J, maternal brother to 345L, sold on our 2022 bull sale
939G, mother to 345L
Jaelyn and Tate during showmanship at the fair
We are excited to announce that DVAuction will be at our sale this year, so you can have the convenience of bidding from home. If you are new to online bidding with DVAuction, please follow the instructions to the left.
Please note that you can also place a maximum bid for your interested lot(s), so if you cannot be on the computer during the sale, you can still participate.
Make sure you have created your account and are approved for bidding at least 24 hours prior to the sale!
Our family after the Stevens County 4-H Beef Show
SIMANGUS YEARLINGS
HOOK’S YVETTE 100Y
5/8 SIMMENTAL, 3/8 ANGUS
HETERO BLACK, HOMO POLLED
Dam: age 2, weight 1050
Top 35% Calving Ease, 30% Birth Weight, 5% Ribeye
Grandam is 505C, dam of 410M. Maternal, performance, nice udders. 409M is out of a small first calf heifer that calved unassisted. We did not put our heifer stamp on him because of his actual birth weight, but feel he could be used or sampled on heifers. HOOK’S XAVIER 14X
HOOK`S FULL FIGURES 11F KBHR F316 FIVE STAR JACKSON J10
3/4 SIM, 5/32 ANGUS, 3/32 RED ANGUS POLLED
Dam: age 7, weight 1400
Use 404M to make sharp fronted, stylish females.
505C, grandam of
17E, dam of 404M
Jared’s “little boss”
720E, maternal brother to L379, sold in our 2018 bull sale
825F, maternal brother to L379, sold in our 2019 bull sale
614D, maternalbrother to L379, sold in our 2017 bull sale
JMF J311 GOSPEL L378
KBHR MR GOSPEL J311
HOOK’S GOSPEL 96G KBHR E043
3/4 SIMMENTAL, 1/4 ANGUS
HETERO BLACK, HOMO POLLED
Dam: age 11, weight 1635
0100
Top 25% Calving Ease, 35% Birth Weight, 20% Maternal Calving Ease
Deep-sided Gospel son. His maternal sister by Black Hawk, J164, has a perfect udder! She is the dam of the fall SimFord L391 who is in this sale.
PUREBRED SIMMENTAL HOMO BLACK, HOMO POLLED Dam: age 7, weight 1575
Soggy made, deep bodied bull. Add depth of body and performance.
The SimFord (Simmental x Hereford) composite cross has been gaining attention in these past few years. It was a cross made by accident but now it is being pursued by design. One of our top producing Sim females, 954G, is a SimFord cow by L379’s mother. We have been breeding a small percentage of cows this way and plan to have a small group of SimFord bulls each year. The SimFord is a combination of high end maternal, performance, and structure. The blend of Hereford, Angus, and Simmental breeds have created a very efficient type of cattle. We feel the cross is very complementary to the commercial cattleman. These two bulls, L387 and L391, are both out of first calf heifers and calved unassisted on fall pasture.
4310385 DOB: 9/19/23
Tate has enjoyed beginning to weld
Coffee and snack break while hauling stalk bales
J164, dam of L391, as a first calf heifer - and maternal sister to fall bull L378
